Former Detroit Health Director Abdul El-Sayed (D) “will host two major national surrogates—Linda Sarsour, co-founder of the Women’s March on Washington, and Winnie Wong, founder of the one-million member People for Bernie Sanders and creator of #FeelTheBern—at the Michigan Union in Ann Arbor for a Town Hall on Saturday.” (release)

LARRY NASSAR. Michigan State University Police Chief Jim Dunlap said former state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D) in her role as interim Ingham County prosecutor last year “wanted to charge” former Michigan State University doctor Larry Nassar “in a child pornography case that she thought would be ‘relatively easy to convict on’ but said the assault allegations [to which he has now pled guilty] could be ‘much more difficult to take to trial,’ a characterization Whitmer called ‘patently false.’ … Dunlap took the assault cases to” state Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) “hours after a fall 2016 meeting with Whitmer and staff.”

“Whitmer and another top county attorney say Dunlap never brought them police reports that would have allowed her office to decide whether to prosecute the assault cases. They claim MSU police took the cases to Schuette because initial allegations originated in multiple counties—Ingham and Eaton—making his state-level office best suited to lead the prosecution, a point Schuette himself noted when he agreed to review them.” (Detroit News)

"Two more House Republicans have joined the discharge petition to force votes on immigration, potentially leaving centrists just two signatures short of success. Reps. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) signed the discharge petition Thursday before the House left town for the Memorial Day recess. If all Democrats endorse the petition, just two more GOP signatures would be needed to reach the magic number of 218."

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FIRED FROM RUSSIAN LAUNCHER

Investigators Pin Destruction of Malaysian Airliner on Russia

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"A missile that brought down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in eastern Ukraine in 2014 was fired from a launcher belonging to Russia's 53rd anti-aircraft missile brigade, investigators said Thursday. The announcement is the first time the investigative team has identified a specific division of the Russian military as possibly being involved in the strike. Russia has repeatedly denied involvement in the incident."

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THREE INTERVIEWS PLANNED FOR JUNE

House GOP Will Conduct New Interviews in Clinton Probe

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"House Republicans are preparing to conduct the first interviews in over four months in their investigation into the FBI’s handling of the Clinton email probe. A joint investigation run by the Judiciary and Oversight Committees has set three witness interviews for June, including testimony from Bill Priestap, the assistant director of the FBI’s counterintelligence division, and Michael Steinbach, the former head of the FBI’s national security division."

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IN OPEN LETTER TO KIM JONG UN

Trump Cancels North Korea Summit

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GANG OF EIGHT WILL GET SEPARATE MEETING

Briefings at White House Will Now Be Bipartisan

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"The White House confirmed Wednesday it is planning for a bipartisan group of House and Senate leaders, known as the 'Gang of 8,' to receive a highly-classified intelligence briefing on the FBI's investigation into Russian meddling, reversing plans to exclude Democrats altogether. ABC News first reported the plans to hold a separate briefing for Democrats, citing multiple administration and congressional sources. While details of the bipartisan meeting are still being worked out, a Republican-only briefing will go on as scheduled Thursday."